IGP should arrest, jail EFCC boss, Bawa – Group
A civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to immediately enforce a court verdict ordering the imprisonment of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday sent Bawa to Kuje correctional […]
EFCC seeks court warrant to arrest Briton, James Nolan over $9.6billion fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday made a tripartite application before Justice D.U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, praying the court to issue a bench warrant for the arrest of a Briton, James Richard Nolan, over the $9.6billion P&ID scam. Recall that Nolan, a Director in the Process […]
Nigerian immigration releases Ex-Governor Odili’s Seized Passport three months after court order
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has finally released the international passport belonging to ex-Rivers Governor Peter Odili. The passport of Odili was confiscated by the Immigration on the alleged order of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was released to him in his Abuja residence. A Federal High Court in Abuja had on October […]
2023: EFCC now tool of politics – Ohanaeze
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndiggo said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is now a tool of politics as it is used to harass South-East people out of the 2023 presidential race. The group spoke in a statement issued on Tuesday by the President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, OYC, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike. Okwu, who […]
2023 Presidency: Fresh EFCC Charges Against Me Politically Motivated – Senator Okorocha
Former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has called the fresh fraud allegations against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as the handiwork of his political opponents. Okorocha, an All Progressives Congress chieftain, and presidential aspirant also said that the anti-graft agency has floured orders of the court, which forbids it to […]
EFCC secures conviction of six Internet fraudsters
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, secured the conviction of six internet fraudsters on charges bordering on fraudulent impersonation. Five of the convicts – Ahmed Oguneye Abiona, Owoade Kehinde Elijah, Oriade Sunday Oluwatobiloba, Usman Adams Shehu, and Waris Adegoke Adeyemo – were prosecuted before […]
Mompha gets N200m bail in alleged money laundering trial
Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has granted alleged internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, aka Mompha, bail in the sum of N200 million. The Dubai-based internet celebrity is facing prosecution over alleged money laundering to the tune of N6 billion. The court granted him bail following an application for bail filed by his […]
EFCC tells court how Mompha hid wealth in wristwatches
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday told the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja, how Ismaila Mustapha, known popularly as Mompha, concealed his wealth in wristwatches. This came as the anti-graph agency arraigned the suspected internet fraudster and his firm, Ismalob Global Investment Limited before the court for alleged money laundering to […]
Alleged Money Laundering: EFCC re-arrest suspected internet fraudster, Mompha
A suspected internet fraudster, Ismailia Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, has been re-arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly laundering funds obtained through unlawful activities and retention of alleged proceeds of crime. He was re-arrested on Monday, January 10, 2022, by the operatives of the Lagos Command of the anti-graft agency. […]
